diff --git a/srcpkgs/slop/template b/srcpkgs/slop/template
index 8dcf4bf6c21..24740fc466a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/slop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/slop/template
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'slop'
 pkgname=slop
-version=3.1.12
+version=3.1.14
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config cmake"
 makedepends="libX11-devel libXext-devel"
-short_desc="Utility to query the user for a selection and print the region to stdout"
+short_desc="Utility to query for a selection and print the region to stdout"
 maintainer="ShadowKyogre <shadowkyogre.public@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
-homepage="https://github.com/naelstrof/${pkgname}"
-distfiles="https://github.com/naelstrof/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=33111ee81017238a384c261ae2d8f5338b3aeed22996e12bae6b7c89107b11de
-
-pre_build() {
-	# workaround for the cmake file expecting to be run in ., not build
-	cp build/src/cmdline.h src/cmdline.h
-}
+homepage="https://github.com/naelstrof/slop"
+distfiles="https://github.com/naelstrof/slop/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9b1eae03dae4c6fb20e58291e815f36754c99f3ff27d5b9e5658e0565f7c7fea